Re: Cast in the wrong mould!

[Guest guest]

Dear ,

No SCOBY does not necessarily mean no KT. If you add plain,

sugared tea to existing starter, a scoby will build up, but I have read

on the internet that you thus risk getting a scoby with less than the

full composition of bacteria. If you have nothing else to start with,

at least you will get a functional mushroom until you have a new scoby.

(Did you ever find your scoby?). In any case, to be on the safe side,

it is always best to have several batches going. If one is damaged, you

still have several going.

Janelle

[Guest guest]

LMAO! Love your humor- what a great lesson this is for you and for us. Bet

this is one you won't soon

forget. How easy it is to get sidetracked.

zoe

> Help!

> Galloping senility is nigh!

> For those who still don't know what mould looks like, nip over here.

> Unfortunately my Camera is in dry-dock so I can't show you all a

> perfect, textbook example.

> It didn't " Fall upon a midnight clear " but thusly did it occur:-

> About 4 days ago, just after the height of the Festive I did a brew. A

> rather protracted affair, due to messing around festively, in which no

> steps were missed (Or so I thought) and it was not left uncovered for

> an inordinate length of time.

> This morning I gently lifted the dangly edge of the, rubber-band held

> kitchen towel which prevents a good view of the surface.

> Aaaaagh!!!!!!!!! Mould!!!

> A text book example--> little circular patches, as if drawn by a pair

> of compasses, some white and most penicillin-like.

> The reason became obvious.>>>>>Where the hair-oil's me SCOBY???

> I can vouch for the fact that no SCOBY probably also means no starter.

> What is ogling at my from the work surface is neither more nor less

> than cold tea.

> It is also the ONLY mould attack I've ever had, so believe the gurus

> when they tell you that, in all probability, the presence of both

> SCOBY and starter acidity prevent mould.

> Needless to say I muttered things like

> " Oh dear me " , " shucks " , " Tut-tut-tut " and expressed similar

> sentiments. It's a good job my last brew was a gallon and I've some

> lying on

> My disgruntle-meter is W a y off scale,

> ,

> N.England

[Guest guest]

Ahhhhh...., ....tsk, tsk, tsk!!!!

Thank goodness you have backups to see you through!!!

So much for mixing Festive (is that Brit for partying?) with brewing!

Ummm...did you locate the missing SCOBY??? Or is the poor thing lost?

Do have a lovely New Year's dear ....I shall think of you as I down my

bubbly this evening!!

Gayle

P.S. Hope that disgruntle meter has had an opportunity to swing it's needle

back the opposite direction, again!!

Cast in the wrong mould!

> Help!

> Galloping senility is nigh!

> For those who still don't know what mould looks like, nip over here.

> Unfortunately my Camera is in dry-dock so I can't show you all a

> perfect, textbook example.

> It didn't " Fall upon a midnight clear " but thusly did it occur:-

> About 4 days ago, just after the height of the Festive I did a brew. A

> rather protracted affair, due to messing around festively, in which no

> steps were missed (Or so I thought) and it was not left uncovered for

> an inordinate length of time.

> This morning I gently lifted the dangly edge of the, rubber-band held

> kitchen towel which prevents a good view of the surface.

>

> Aaaaagh!!!!!!!!! Mould!!!

>

> A text book example--> little circular patches, as if drawn by a pair

> of compasses, some white and most penicillin-like.

> The reason became obvious.>>>>>Where the hair-oil's me SCOBY???

> I can vouch for the fact that no SCOBY probably also means no starter.

> What is ogling at my from the work surface is neither more nor less

> than cold tea.

> It is also the ONLY mould attack I've ever had, so believe the gurus

> when they tell you that, in all probability, the presence of both

> SCOBY and starter acidity prevent mould.

>

> Needless to say I muttered things like

> " Oh dear me " , " shucks " , " Tut-tut-tut " and expressed similar

> sentiments. It's a good job my last brew was a gallon and I've some

> lying on

>

> My disgruntle-meter is W a y off scale,

> ,

> N.England

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